Archive for the 'Tnt' Tag Under 'Lakers' Category

Everyone it seems has an opinion about what's wrong with the Lakers and Metta World Peace wants to hear them via Twitter. But only the intelligent ones. Nothing stupid, like trade Kobe or fire Mike D'Antoni.

"OK i talk when it is good. I will talk when its not great. What do yal think is wrong with the Lakers? I am only responding to smart answers"

"i encourage yal to focus on team and not individuals. especially if you want to sound intelligent. A TEAM WINS!!!! A TEAM LOSES. NO I N TEA"

But World Peace didn't have to reach out to his followers for advice. The guys at TNT offered up their opinions during and after Thursday's 116-107 loss to the New York Knicks without much prodding.

Game 6 of the Lakers' playoff series against New Orleans will be televised by TNT and start at either 5 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. Pacific time Thursday.

The game will start at 6:30 p.m. Pacific only if both the Bulls-Pacers and Hawks-Magic series are extended to play their Game 6's also Thursday. The Bulls and Hawks both have 3-1 series leads with Game 5's coming up on their home courts.

If none or one of those series is still going, then the Lakers' game in New Orleans will start at 5 p.m. Pacific.

Game 5 at Staples Center on Tuesday night will start at 7:30 p.m. Pacific and also be televised by TNT.

If there is a Game 7 between the Hornets and Lakers, it will be Saturday night at Staples Center.

This one is worth marking on your calendar, so if you have, make this change:

The Lakers' game at Miami on March 10 has been changed to a 4 p.m. Pacific start time. The move was made to start earlier because TNT changed the second game of its doubleheader that night to showcase Carmelo Anthony's Knicks at Dallas. Marv Albert, Steve Kerr and Reggie Miller will call the Lakers-Heat game.

The game is the third one on the Lakers' upcoming four-game trip that starts with San Antonio on Sunday and also goes through Atlanta and Dallas. It'll be a firm test for the improved Lakers, who only have a home game Friday night vs. Charlotte (though we all know the Bobcats have historically been troublesome for the Lakers) before the trip.

After that, things change dramatically for the Lakers. They have seven consecutive home games to finish the final three weeks of March. That should be an opportunity to move up in the standings, perhaps even close to San Antonio, which is missing injured point guard Tony Parker.